Editing Foreign relations of Taiwan (section)

====Russia====
{{Main|Russia–Taiwan relations}}

In the [[Chinese Civil War]], the [[Soviet Union]] had a tumultuous yet strategic relationship with the [[Kuomintang]]-led Nationalist China until 1949. In the [[Second Taiwan Strait Crisis]] of 1958,<ref name="USA relations">{{cite news |title=Milestones in relations between the U.S., China and Taiwan |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/milestones-relations-between-us-china-taiwan-2022-08-02/ |access-date=14 October 2022 |work=[[Reuters]] |date=2 August 2022 |language=en |archive-date=14 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221014143030/https://www.reuters.com/world/milestones-relations-between-us-china-taiwan-2022-08-02/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Soviet leader [[Nikita Khrushchev]] recommended the internationalization of the [[Taiwan Question]] and appealed to the United Nations and other multilateral organizations to intervene. The [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union]] called for the Ten Nations Summit in New Delhi to discuss the issue on 27 September 1958 as one of the precursors of the later [[Sino-Soviet split]].<ref>{{cite web|date=25 June 2010|script-title=zh:炮擊金門幕後揭秘: 玩弄中蘇同盟種下分裂惡果-歷史名人-文化名城-廣佛都市網|url=http://big5.citygf.com/cul/cul_005005/201006/t20100625_489043_2.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130313160105/http://big5.citygf.com/cul/cul_005005/201006/t20100625_489043_2.html|archive-date=13 March 2013|access-date=25 April 2013|publisher=Big5.citygf.com|title= }}</ref> Since the formation of the [[Russian Federation]], Taiwan has exported many ferric materials to Russia in 2004–2005. In 2005, the total amount of the trade between the two economies was $2,188,944,473. Russia has a representative office in Taipei,<ref>{{cite web |title=Representative office in Taipei for the Moscow-Taipei Coordination Commission on Economic and Cultural Cooperation v.2.0 |url=http://www.mtc.org.tw/english/about.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121208061441/http://www.mtc.org.tw/english/about.html |archive-date=2012-12-08 |access-date=2023-10-20 |publisher=Mtc.org.tw}}</ref> and ROC has a representative office in Moscow.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=zh:首頁 – 台北莫斯科經濟文化協調委員會駐莫斯科代表處 ПРЕДСТАВИТЕЛЬСТВО В МОСКВЕ ТАЙБЭЙСКО-МОСКОВСКОЙ КООРДИНАЦИОННОЙ КОМИССИИ ПО ЭКОНОМИЧЕСКОМУ И КУЛЬТУРНОМУ СОТРУДНИЧЕСТВУ|url=https://www.tmeccc.org/ru/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150703214706/http://www.roc-taiwan.org/RU/mp.asp?mp=237|archive-date=3 July 2015|website=tmeccc.org|title= }}</ref> Russia keeps a positive balance in its trade relations with Taiwan mainly from crude oil, cast iron and steel, nonferrous metals, petrochemical products, ferroalloys, coking coal, timber, and chemical fertilizers. Russia imports mostly electronics and electronic parts, computers and computer parts, and home appliances. The two countries established unofficial diplomatic relations between 1993 and 1996. Taipei is targeting Russia for exporting opportunities and marketing potential.<ref>{{cite web|title=Chinese Taipei, Russia Intensify Cooperation|url=http://www.taiwan.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=87756&ctNode=3085&mp=4|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203045223/http://www.taiwan.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=87756&ctNode=3085&mp=4|archive-date=3 December 2013|access-date=15 November 2013|publisher=Taiwan.gov.tw}}</ref>